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Treasury Releases “Green Book” of Obama Administration FY 2014 Tax Priorities

by Mary Burke Baker, Michael W. Evans, Andrés Gil, Karishma Shah Page, Stefanos Roulakis, Ryan J. Severson | K&L Gates LLP on 4/18/2013

On April 10, the Treasury Department released its “General Explanations of the Administration’s Fiscal Year 2014 Revenue Proposals.” Known as the “Green Book,” the document provides an explanation of the Administration’s FY...more

Infrastructure Alert - April 17, 2013

by Cozen O'Connor on 4/17/2013

Last week, President Obama released his FY2014 budget, outlining several proposals to fund new infrastructure programs. The budget proposes $40 billion for “Fix it First” projects to repair existing infrastructure, as well...more

Proposed 2014 Budget Encourages Private Investment in Infrastructure

by Frederic Ballard, Jr., Scott Cockerham, Charles Henck | Ballard Spahr LLP on 4/15/2013

This week, the Obama administration released its proposed budget for the 2014 fiscal year. Notably, the budget encourages private investment in infrastructure projects through various liberalizations of the tax laws relating...more

New Federal And State Programs Will Boost Public-Private Partnership Development

by Albert E. Dotson, Jr., Eric Singer | Bilzin Sumberg Baena Price & Axelrod LLP on 4/8/2013

Last Friday, President Obama visited Miami and, speaking at the Port of Miami, detailed his proposals for increased public-infrastructure spending through public-private partnerships. Although the President envisions...more

President Obama Proposes Plan To Encourage Private Investment in Infrastructure

by Kurt Anderson, Steve Park, Brian Walsh | Ballard Spahr LLP on 4/5/2013

President Obama recently announced the Rebuild America Partnership plan (RAPP), a bipartisan effort focused on rebuilding the nation’s aging infrastructure and driving economic growth. Through RAPP, the President proposes to...more

Infrastructure Alert - March 26, 2013

by Cozen O'Connor on 3/26/2013

This Friday, President Obama will visit the Port of Miami. On July 19, 2012, President Obama put the Port of Miami on his “We Can’t Wait” list of expedited infrastructure projects to instruct the Army Corps of Engineers to...more

White House Issues Executive Order on CyberSecurity

by Timothy Blank, Kate Ericsson, Vernon Francis, Vivian Maese | Dechert LLP on 3/1/2013

The Obama Administration has long expressed concerns about the vulnerability of America’s critical infrastructure to cyber-attack. On February 12, 2012, the day of the President’s State of the Union address, the...more

Executive Order Begins Process Of Strengthening Nation’s Cybersecurity And Critical Infrastructure

by Sharon Klein, Jeffrey Vagle | Pepper Hamilton LLP on 2/22/2013

During his State of the Union address on February 12, 2013, President Barack Obama announced his signing of a long-anticipated Executive Order on cybersecurity. After months of discussions with technology companies the...more

New FAR Rules Likely For "Critical Infrastructure" Contractors

by Eric Aaserud | Perkins Coie on 2/22/2013

On February 12, 2013, President Obama signed an Executive Order (the Order) intended to enhance the cybersecurity of the country's critical infrastructure. According to the Order, "[t]he cyber threat to critical...more

President Obama Issues Executive Order On Cybersecurity

by BuckleySandler LLP on 2/20/2013

On February 12, President Obama issued an Executive Order (EO) titled Improving Critical Infrastructure Cybersecurity, and a related Presidential Policy Directive (PPD). ...more

President Obama Issues Executive Order on Cybersecurity

by King & Spalding on 2/18/2013

On February 12, 2013, President Obama issued a long-anticipated Executive Order concerning cybersecurity entitled Improving Critical Infrastructure Cybersecurity. The Executive Order marks a major milestone in the Federal...more

President Obama Issues New Executive Order on Improving Cybersecurity

by Adam Chernichaw, Daren M. Orzechowski, Mariam Subjally | White & Case LLP on 2/18/2013

On February 12, 2013, President Obama signed an executive order for "Improving Critical Infrastructure Cybersecurity" (the "Executive Order"). The Executive Order seeks to promote information sharing between the government...more

Executive Order Opens Consultative Processes to Draft Cybersecurity Framework for Critical Infrastructure

by Venable LLP on 2/18/2013

On February 12, 2013, President Obama signed an Executive Order aimed at enhancing the security of U.S. critical infrastructure by establishing a voluntary program for the adoption of cybersecurity standards to protect...more

President Obama Issues Long-Awaited Cybersecurity Executive Order

by Seepan Parseghian, Timothy Toohey | Snell & Wilmer L.L.P. on 2/15/2013

As President Obama delivered his fifth State of the Union speech to Congress on February 12, 2013, he simultaneously issued a highly anticipated Executive Order (“the Order”) focused on improving cybersecurity in the United...more

Insurance Cybersecurity Regulations – What Insurance Coverage Do You Need?

by Adrian Azer, Miriam Smolen | Gilbert LLP on 2/15/2013

On February 12, 2013, President Obama issued an executive order detailing his plan to improve critical infrastructure cybersecurity. In the Executive Order, President Obama notes that it is the policy of the United States to...more

Executive Order and Policy Directive Promotes Cybersecurity Cooperation and Intelligence Sharing

by Bob Scott | Davis Wright Tremaine LLP on 2/15/2013

On February 12, 2012, President Obama signed an Executive Order as well as a complementary Presidential Policy Directive intended to improve the flow of information and cyber-threat intelligence between government agencies...more

White House Issues Cybersecurity Executive Order

by Christopher DeLacy, Jason Klitenic, Joel Edward Roberson | Holland & Knight LLP on 2/15/2013

The long-awaited cybersecurity executive order (EO), which will ultimately establish national cybersecurity standards for critical infrastructure, was issued by President Obama on February 12, 2013. At the same time, the...more

President Obama’s Cybersecurity Executive Order and What it Means For Your Organization

by Elizabeth Johnson, Lynn Percival | Poyner Spruill LLP on 2/15/2013

On February 12, President Obama signed a much-anticipated cybersecurity executive order intended to “enhance the security and resilience” of U.S. critical infrastructure. The executive order is very similar to a draft leaked...more

President Issues an Executive Order on Cybersecurity

by Bill Cobb, Anna Trimble | Jackson Walker on 2/15/2013

On February 12, 2013, President Barack Obama signed an ExecutiveOrder on cybersecurity designed to defend the nation's critical infrastructure. By passing Congress — which could not agree on a legislative proposal — the...more

President Obama Signs Cybersecurity Executive Order

by Amy Mushahwar, Mercedes Kelley Tunstall | Ballard Spahr LLP on 2/14/2013

Last night, President Obama signed a long-anticipated Executive Order, "Improving Critical Infrastructure Cybersecurity," which directs the federal government to share cyberthreat information with the owners of systems that...more

CYBERSECURITY CLIENT ALERT: White House Issues Long-Awaited Cybersecurity Executive Order, New Presidential Directives for...

by Mary Beth Bosco, Amy Davenport, Norma Krayem | Patton Boggs LLP on 2/14/2013

The White House issued a long-awaited Executive Order (EO) “Improving Critical Infrastructure Cybersecurity” which directs the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and other agencies to quickly advance efforts to...more

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